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Producers of a major new tour of the smash-hit Broadway and West End show Legally Blonde The Musical are on the hunt for four-legged stars in Kerry.

EastEnders’ Rita Simons and Bill Ward, star of Coronation Street and Emmerdale, are the human stars of the musical but there are also two dogs in the cast - a Chihuahua called Bruiser and another called Rufus. Bruiser is already cast and will be on the road with the cast but producers have decided to hold auditions for ‘Rufus’ in every town and city on the tour.

Auditions are being held at the Gleneagle Hotel on Saturday, February 10.

Associate Director David Barrett said: “Legally Blonde The Musical is a show all about stereotypes and not judging a book by its cover and the dogs are no different in this. So whereas ‘Bruiser’ is the cute, tiny, adorable one, with ‘Rufus’ we are looking for the total opposite. We are looking for a big, brutish, dog that only its mother could love - preferably a Bull Dog as in the film but we are certainly open to options.”

Based on the novel by Amanda Brown and the MGM motion picture, Legally Blonde The Musical will run at INEC Killarney from July 10–14.

Interested parties are asked to email legallyblondedogauditions@gmail.com for application forms and full details.